MSU Sociolinguistics will be represented at the upcoming UK Language Variation and Change conference (UKLVC 9) in September. UKLVC is the UK's version of North America's NWAV conference: it's a major destination for scholars of language variation and change. We'll be presenting two papers:

Referential general extender use across registers in American English speech. (Suzanne Wagner, Ashley Hesson and Heidi Little)

Individual differences in social competence and attention to detail affect the sociolinguistic monitor. (Suzanne Wagner).

UKLVC 9 will be held at the University of Sheffield in England from September 2 to September 4, 2013.